Benefits of Sahaja Meditation

Sahaja Meditation is good for heart, mind, body and soul. You may be surprised to learn that the regular practice of Sahaja techniques can directly impact every aspect of your daily life -- from improving your mental and physical health to connecting with your spiritual self. Sahaja Meditation allows you to achieve the state of thoughtless awareness, a state in which your mind is calmed and gradually emptied of distractions and stressful thoughts. Sahaja Meditation can help heal illnesses, sharpen focus and clarity, and improve your personality and relationships.Following are just a few of the specific benefits of practicing Sahaja Meditation…

Sahaja Meditation…More Powerful than Other Forms of Meditation and Relaxation

There's widespread consensus in the scientific literature that generic meditation reduces sympathetic nervous system activation and increases parasympathetic activation of the autonomic nervous system. In other words, meditation reduces physiological arousal, triggering physiological changes such as: reduced respiratory rate, reduced heart rate, reduced blood pressure, reduced electrodermal activity and increased skin temperature.But recent studies of Sahaja Meditation suggest that thoughtless awareness or mental silence that is unique to Sahaja Meditation has far greater benefits than other forms of meditation. A study conducted at the Royal Hospital for Women in Australia showed that a skin temperature reduction on the palms of the hands during the thoughtless awareness phase achieved in Sahaja Meditation; whereas, the skin temperature actually increased in others that were asked to do a simple relaxation exercise in the same environment. Such research suggests that thoughtless awareness, which is a central focus of Sahaja Meditation, may be the best way to differentiate meditation from relaxation, hypnosis, sleep and other forms of therapy in terms of the benefits provided. Other studies showed that the thoughtless awareness state, when compared to states achieved in other forms of meditation, was, on average, twice as effective in reducing work-related stress, general symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Sahaja Meditation is a registered not-for-profit organization providing meditation programs across the world. The benefits listed are based on Sahaja Meditation research over several years and experiences of practitioners across the world. Sahaja Meditation does not recommend any modification including discontinuation or alteration of any form of your current therapy without prior consultation with your health care professional.